Recall campaign · NHTSA 68V028000
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed this campaign with NHTSA on 1968-04-02.
No remedy is listed yet. This typically indicates the manufacturer reported the defect before finalizing a repair procedure.
POSSIBILITY FAILURE OF RIVETS USED FOR ATTACHING THE FRONT SPRING REAR HANGER BRACKET TO THE FRAME.RIVET FAILURE WOULD ALLOW THE BRACKET TO SEPARATE FROM THE FRAME IMPOSING SEVERE LOADS AT THE FRONT BRACKET.SHOULD THE SPRING DISENGAGE FROM THE FRONT BRACKET THE AXLE WILL SHIFT AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL COULD RESULT.ALSO, THERE IS A POS- SIBILITY OF MISASSEMBLY OR MIS-ALIGNMENT OF CERTAIN COMPONENTS IN THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM.FAILURE TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION, IF PRESENT, ALSO COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.(CORRECT BY IN- STALLING NEW RIVETS AND POWER STEERING COMPONENTS IF NECESSARY.)
16 model years across 8 models.
Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.